look what happened in the election. president obama got a lot less votes this time than he did in 2008. so, he hardly got a mandate from the voters, and boehner's advantage is that if he caves on this, republicans will be the minority party once again in 2014 and that's not going to happen. and he's got a pretty strong hand. if you don't deal with me, we're going to bring down spending substantially. >> mike: he's going to dig in. >> he has to as voters ascared. >> dave: and john says they'll not happen. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> mike: ahead, a hotly contested race, hotter between allen west and his democratic challenger. why an emergency meeting has been called this morning. >> dave: and some of our countries wounded warriors taking a giant leap this veterans day. we'll tell you why. ♪ >> america is honoring our troops were every brush stroke, we're going to talk to this artist. come out and meet him. ♪ i was born free in america tay we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage